fascia

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.

1. A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
2. A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
3. A dashboard.
4. A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
5. A broad well-defined band of color.
6. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
7. A sash worn with a cassock by clergy of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
8. The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.

   “The deepest layer of cervical fascia consists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebral fasciae.”

   “Close-up of the fascia surrounding a muscle in an unembalmed cadaver.”

9. The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.